Daniel Sarafian defeats Eddie Mendez in the first round by arm triangle submission
by Ben Heather @benheather
Daniel Sarafian came in to this fight as the massive favourite with the bookies at odds of 1/5 with sky bet and it didn't take long to see why.
Mendez came out starting with a leg kick as Sarafian looked to throw his hands, then Sarafian misses with a big left hand which leaves him open for Mendez to wrap him up and take him to the fence. Sarafian now scores a beautiful trip to take Mendez down and lands in top position. Mendez only has half guard and tries to get hold of Sarafian's neck but can't make anything come from him.
Sarafian manages to trap Mendez' left arm to set up an arm triangle which looked like he had it locked in deep from the moment he got it. Mendez resisted for a while but it was only a matter of time before Mendez tapped.
Mendez now has a record of 7-2 and this was his first UFC fight so 0-1 in the UFC. It didn't look a great performance from Mendez but that's partly down to Sarafian looking so good in the fight, will he get another fight in the UFC.... only time will tell.
As for Sarafian this was his first official UFC victory and he now has a record of 8-3 going 1-1 in the UFC. He looked very good in this fight and I will be interested to see who the UFC match him up with for his next fight.
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